Condom donning device

ABSTRACT

A condom donning device ( 10 ) adapted for donning a condom ( 12 ) having a tubular wall that is rolled up into a hem ring ( 14 ) which is defined on the outside of the tubular wall in an initial configuration of the condom. The device ( 10 ) comprises two support formations ( 16 ) and ( 18 ) which together define an internal space through which a penis can extend and a separation axis A along which the support formations are separable. Each support formation defines a pair of hook-like holding formations ( 22 ) in which the hem ring of the condom can be received and held in an arrangement permitting unrolling of the hem ring when donning the condom. The invention extends to an assembly including the device ( 10 ), the condom ( 12 ) and a package in the form of a pouch of packaging film which is hermetically sealed to the support formations so as to form a hermetically sealed enclosure surrounding the condom.

FIELD OF INVENTION

THIS INVENTION relates to a condom donning device. It also relates to acondom donning device and package assembly.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

There are a number of problems associated with the packaging and use ofcondoms. The procedure for donning a condom manually is both cumbersomeand time consuming which detracts from condoms being more widely used.Condoms are typically packed in sealed pouches and to don a condom, auser needs to tear open the pouch, ensure that the condom faces thecorrect way up and then roll it manually onto the penis. In tearing thepouch open a user may accidentally pinch and rupture the condom.Further, when unrolling the condom manually, difficulties have beenexperienced by users in applying the condom smoothly onto the penis. Asa result, wrinkles often form in the condom wall which, duringintercourse, may cause rupturing of the condom when the wrinkles rubagainst the vaginal wall.

In order to ameliorate many of the problems identified above, a numberof condom application devices have been developed for donning condoms.U.S. Pat. No. 5,549,120 teaches a device for applying a condom on apenis, the device having an annular frame that is of greater width thanthe penis and having a seating formation in which a “rolled up” portionof the condom or hem ring which is formed on an internal side of thewall of the condom, is seated. The annular frame has a slit which allowsseparation of two halves of the frame for facilitating removal of theframe. U.S. Pat. No. 5,606,982 discloses an applicator device forapplying a condom having a hem ring defined on an internal side of thewall of the condom. The device has an annular body on which the condomis held in an arrangement permitting unrolling of the condom for donningthe condom. U.S. Pat. No. 5,170,887 discloses a condom package anddonning device which comprises an enclosure and condom attachment means.When the enclosure is removed, the condom opening is exposed fordonning. The device includes an annular ridge or hook attachment meansfor holding the hem ring of the condom which is bunched up inside theenclosure. The condom is not rolled up into a hem ring and as such, theannular ridge or hook attachments merely hold the flange or ring definedat the base of the condom, while the condom is being donned.

It is an object of the present invention to ameliorate the aboveidentified problems.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

According to a first aspect of the invention there is provided a condomdonning device for donning a condom on an erect penis, the condom havinga tubular wall having an inner side and an outer side and which isrolled up into an elastic hem ring which defines an entrance opening andwhich is formed on the outside of the tubular wall in an initialconfiguration of the condom, the condom donning device comprising:

first and second condom support formations which together define aninternal space through which an erect penis can extend, the supportformation defining a separation axis and being separable in a directionsubstantially perpendicular to the separation axis, each supportformation defining at least one hook-like holding formation in which thehem ring of the condom can be received in an arrangement wherein thehook-like holding formation extend into the entrance opening of thecondom and are disposed adjacent an inner side of the tubular wallthereof, each hook-like holding formation having a curved profile inwhich the hem ring of the condom can be received and held in anarrangement permitting unrolling of the hem ring of the condom when thesupport formations are displaced along the shaft of the penis forunrolling and donning the condom, in use, each hook-like holdingformation defining a convexly curved condom contacting surface whichcontacts the inner side of the tubular wall of the condom and whichconforms to the rounded shape of the hem ring of the condom, eachsupport formation defining at least one restraining formation which ispositioned on the support formation to prevent displacement of the hemring of the condom in a direction away from the hook-like formations,thereby to resist removal of the hem ring of the condom from the holdingformation during unrolling of the condom, in use.

Each support formation may define a pair of discrete, spaced hook-likeholding formations.

Each hook-like holding formation may define a hook axis extending alonga centre line through the holding formation when viewed in plan view,the hook axis extending through an apex of said convexly-curved condomcontacting surface and perpendicularly with respect to a tangent meetingsaid apex, the hook axis forming an angle of 45 degrees with respect tothe separation axis when viewed in plan view.

Each condom support formation may define a body portion defining saidhook-like formations and a flap-like handle portion which extends fromthe body portion and which can be held by user for manipulating the bodyportion when donning a condom.

Each condom support formation may have a hinge between the body portionand the handle portion, thereby permitting hinged displacement of thehandle portion relative to the body portion.

The condom donning device may be of a deformable material and the hingeof each condom support formation may be in the form of a narrowingdefined between the body portion and the handle portion, which issufficient to permit bending of the handle portion relative to the bodyportion.

The condom donning device may be adapted for use with a condom having ateat at an end of the condom remote from the hem ring, the condomdonning device including a strip having two ends, which is connected atits ends to the condom support formations and which extends between thecondom support formations and over a condom held thereon, in use, in anarrangement wherein the teat is kept folded over by the strip so as toprevent the teat from filling with air, the strip having a region ofweakness which permits it to be ruptured when the support formations areseparated, in use.

According to a second aspect of the invention there is provided a condomdonning device and package assembly comprising

a condom having a tubular wall having an inner side and an outer sideand which is rolled up into an elastic hem ring which defines anentrance opening and which is formed on the outside of the tubular wallin an initial configuration of the condom;

a condom donning device for donning the condom on an erect penis, thecondom donning device comprising first and second condom supportformations which together define an internal space through which anerect penis can extend, the support formations defining a separationaxis and being separable in a direction substantially perpendicular tothe separation axis, each support formation defining at least onehook-like holding formation in which the hem ring of the condom isreceived and held in an arrangement wherein the hook-like holdingformations extend into the entrance opening of the condom and aredisposed adjacent an inner side of the tubular wall thereof, eachhook-like holding formation having a curved profile in which the hemring of the condom is received and held in an arrangement permittingunrolling of the hem ring of the condom when the support formations aredisplaced along the shaft of the penis for unrolling and donning thecondom, in use each holding formation defining a convexly—curved condomcontacting surface which contacts the inner side of the tubular wall ofthe condom and which conforms to the rounded shape of the hem ring, eachsupport formation defining at least one restraining formation which ispositioned on the support formation to prevent displacement of the hemring of the condom in a direction away from the hook-like formations,thereby to resist removal of the hem ring of the condom from the holdingformations during initial stages of unrolling of the condom, in use; and

a package in the form of a pouch of packaging film in which the condomand at least the hook-like holding formations and the restrainingformations of the support formations are contained, the packageincluding two pouch halves which define a line of weakness between themwhich is in register with the separation axis along which the supportformations are separable, in use, the line of weakness permittingrupturing of the package along said line of weakness when the supportformations are separated from one another, in use.

Each support formation of the condom donning device may define a pair ofdiscrete, spaced hook-like holding formations wherein each holdingformation of one support formation is disposed substantially opposite aholding formation of the other support formation along a hook axisextending at an angle of 45 degrees relative to the separation axis.

Each condom support formation of the condom donning device may define abody portion defining said hook-like formations and a flap-like handleportion which extends from the body portion and which can be held by auser for manipulating the body portions when donning a condom.

Each condom support formation may have a hinge between the body portionand the handle portion, thereby permitting hinged displacement of thehandle portion relative to the body portion.

The condom donning device may be of a deformable material and the hingeof each condom support formation may be in the form of a narrowingdisposed between the body portion and the handle portion, which issufficient to permit bending of the handle portion relative to the bodyportion.

The condom donning device may be adapted for use with a condom having ateat at an end of the condom remote from the hem ring, the condomdonning device including a strip having two ends, which is connected atits ends to the condom support formations and which extends between thecondom support formations and over a condom held thereon, in use, in anarrangement wherein the teat is kept folded over by the strip so as toprevent the teat from filling with air, the strip having a region ofweakness which permits it to be ruptured when the support formations areseparated, in use.

The packaging film may be hermetically sealed to the body portions ofthe support formations thereby forming a hermetically sealed enclosuresurrounding the hook-like holding formations, the condom and therestraining formations, with the handle portions of the supportformations extending externally of the packaging film where the handleformations can be manipulated, in use.

The packaging film may tautly span the body portions of the supportformations with operative inner ends of the body portions contacting oneanother along said separation axis in an arrangement wherein said innerends can be displaced operatively upwardly or downwardly viamanipulation of the handle portions, to so as to exert a force on aninner side of the packaging film sufficient to rupture said line ofweakness of the packaging film.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Further features of the invention are described hereinafter by way of anon-limiting example of the invention, with reference to and asillustrated in the accompanying diagrammatic drawings. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 shows a schematic top plan view of a condom donning device inaccordance with the invention;

FIG. 2 shows a schematic bottom plan view of the condom donning deviceof FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 shows a schematic top plan view of the condom donning device ofFIG. 1, illustrating the manner in which a condom is supported thereonin an initial configuration of the condom;

FIG. 4 shows a schematic sectional side view of the condom donningdevice of FIG. 1, sectioned along section line IV—IV of FIG. 3,illustrating the manner in which a condom supported thereon is unrolled,in use;

FIG. 5 shows a schematic sectional side view of the condom donningdevice of FIG. 1, sectioned along section line V—V of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 shows a schematic side view of a condom donning device andpackage assembly in accordance with the invention;

FIG. 7 shows a schematic end view of the condom donning device andpackage assembly of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 shows a schematic perspective view of the condom donning deviceand package assembly of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 shows a schematic perspective view of the condom donning deviceand package assembly of FIG. 6, in an open configuration wherein thesupport formations are separated along separation axis A;

FIG. 10 shows an enlarged fragmentary schematic sectional side view ofpart of a support formation including the hook and restraining walldetail, illustrating the manner in which the hem ring of a condom isunrolled, in use;

FIG. 11 shows a schematic top plan view of the condom donning device ofFIG. 1, illustrating the angular relationship between the hook-likeformations and the separation axis A defined between the supportformations; and

FIG. 12 shows a fragmentary, sectional schematic top plan view of ahook-like formation of the condom donning device of FIG. 1, illustratingthe angular relationship between each of the hook-like holdingformations and the separation axis A.

DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

With reference to the drawings, a condom donning device in accordancewith the invention, is designated generally by the reference numeral 10.The condom donning device is of a deformable plastics material and isadapted for use in donning a condom 12 on an erect penis; The condom hasa latex tubular wall having an inner side and an outer side and isrolled up into an elastic hem ring 14 which defines an entrance openingand which is formed on the outside of the tubular wall in an initialconfiguration of the condom. The outer side of the tubular wall of thecondom is lubricated and the inner side of the tubular wall islubricated up to a region terminating short of the free end of thecondom remote from the hem ring 14. The lack of lubrication on the innerside of the wall at the free end of the condom allows the condom to gripthe glans of a penis on which a condom is donned, in use.

The condom donning device 10 has two halves in the form of a firstcondom support formation 16 and a second condom support formation 18.Similar and the same features of the condom support formations 16 and 18are designated by similar and the same reference numerals, respectively,in the drawings. The support formations together define an internalspace 20 through which a penis can extend when donning the condom, inuse. The support formations together define a separation axis A. Thesupport formations are separable in a direction substantiallyperpendicular to the separation axis in order to enlarge the internalspace 20 for accommodating a penis therein, in use.

The condom support formation 16 defines a pair of discrete, spacedhook-like holding formations 22.1 and 22.2 and the condom supportformation 18 similarly defines a pair of discrete, spaced hook-likeformations 22.3 and 22.4 in which the hem ring 14 of the condom 12 canbe received in an arrangement wherein the hook-like holding formationsextend into the entrance opening of the condom and are disposed adjacentan inner side of the tubular wall thereof. Each hook-like holdingformation 22 has a curved hook-like profile when viewed from a sidethereof, in which the hem ring of the condom 12 can be received and heldin an arrangement permitting unrolling of the hem ring of the condomwhen the support formations are displaced along the shaft of a penis forunrolling and donning the condom, in use.

Each hook-like holding formation 22 defines a convexly curvedcondom-contacting surface which contacts the inner side of the tubularwall of the condom and which conforms to the rounded shape of the hemring 14 of the condom 12.

Each of the condom support formations 16 and 18 defines a recess 23 inwhich the hook-like formations are disposed. The recess 23 is surroundedby a restraining wall comprising restraining wall sections 25.1, 25.2and 25.3 The restraining wall sections 25.1 and 25.3 are disposedopposite the hook-like formations, while the restraining wall formation25.2 extends between the wall sections 25.1 and 25.3 The restrainingwall sections together restrain the hem ring 14 of the condom 12 frommoving outwardly away from the hook-like formations and thus ensure thatthe hem ring remains captured by the hook-like formations.

With reference to FIG. 11 of the drawings, the hook-like formations 22each define a hook axis H which extends along a centre line through thehook-like formation when viewed in plan view and intersecting theseparation axis A at an angle “α” of 45 degrees. More particularly andreferring also to FIG. 12 of the drawings, the hook axis H of eachhook-like formation extends along said centre line through a apex 27 ofsaid convexly-curved condom contacting surface of the hook-likeformation and extends perpendicularly with respect to a tangent Tmeeting the apex of the convexly-curved condom contacting surface of thehook-like formation.

Each of the condom support formations 16 and 18 defines a body portion24 which defines the recess 23 and the hook-like formations 22, and aflap-like handle portion 26 which extends from the body portion andwhich can be held by a user for manipulating the body portion whendonning a condom, in use. Each condom support formation defines a hingebetween the body portion 24 and the handle portion 26 which permitshinged displacement of the handle portion 26 relative to the bodyportion 24. The hinge of each condom support formation is in the form ofa narrowing 28 defined between the relevant body portion and the handleportion, which is sufficiently narrow to permit bending of the handleportion relative to the body portion. Each handle portion 26 defines agripping formation in the form of a set of ridges 30 defined byconcentric circles disposed on an upper surface of the handle portion.Each handle formation 26 defines elongate ridge formations 29 and 31 atoperative upper and lower sides, respectively, of the handle portionadjacent said narrowing 28. The longitudinal ridges 29 and 31 act asstops limiting further hinged displacement of the handle portionsrelative to the body portions when the ridges 29 and 31 contact sidewalls of the body portions, in use.

The condom donning device includes a strip 32 having two ends 34.1 and34.2, which is connected at its ends to the body portions 24 of thecondom support formations 16 and 18 and which extends between the condomsupport formation 16 and 18 and over the condom 12 held thereon. Thecondom 12 has a teat 38 defining a receptacle for semen, at an endthereof remote from the hem ring 14. The strip 32 is of a stretchableplastics material and defines a line of weakness 36 which is in registerwith the separation axis A of the condom support formation and whichpermits rupturing of the strip when the support formations areseparated, in use. More particularly, the strip is of a material and hasa thickness which permits a degree of stretching before rupturing,thereby allowing initial separation of the support formations so as toallow the insertion of glans of a penis into the condom while the teat38 is held in a folded-over configuration by the strip 32. Furtherseparation of the support formations causes rupturing of the strip 32.The strip 32 extends between the condom support formations in anarrangement wherein the teat of the condom is held in a folded-overconfiguration by the strip 32 so as to prevent the teat from fillingwith air prior to insertion of a penis into the condom, in use.

The invention extends to a condom donning device and package assembly asis illustrated in FIGS. 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the drawings. The condomdonning device and package assembly comprises the condom 12, the condomdonning device 10 and a package which is in the form of a pouch ofpackaging film designated generally by the reference numeral 40. Thepouch includes two pouch halves 42.1 and 42.2 which define a line ofweakness 44 between them which is in register with the separation axis Aalong which the support formations are separable, in use. The line ofweakness 44 permits rupturing of the package along the line of weaknesswhen the support formations are separated from one another, in use. Moreparticularly, the packaging film of the pouch tautly spans the bodyportions 24 of the condom support formation. Operative inner ends of thebody portions contact one another along the separation axis A in anarrangement wherein the body portions can be levered with respect to oneanother via the inner ends thereof for displacing the inner ends of thebody portions upwardly or downwardly relative to one another, viamanipulation of the handle portions, so as to exert a force on an innerside of the packaging film for rupturing the line of weakness 44.

In use, when donning the condom 12 on a penis, the inner ends of thebody portion of the support formations 16 and 18 are levered withrespect to one another, via manipulation of the handle portions 26,thereby displacing the inner ends operatively upwardly or downwardly.This exerts a force on an inner side of the packaging 40 causingrupturing of the line of weakness 44. This allows separation of thesupport formations 16 and 18 perpendicular to the separation axis A,when viewed in plan view. The strip 32, being of a stretchable materialallows a degree of stretching before rupturing along its line ofweakness 36, thereby allowing initial separation of the supportformation so as to permit insertion of the glans of the penis into thecondom while the teat 38 continues to be held in a folded-overconfiguration by the strip 32. Further separation of the supportformations causes rupturing of the strip 32. Thereafter, the supportformations 16 and 18 are slid down the length of the penis, with the hemring being received and held by the hook-like holding formations 22 inan arrangement which permits unrolling of the hem ring 14 of the condom.Lubricants applied to inner and outer sides of the wall of the condomallow the layers of the wall of the condom to slide over one another andassist in reducing friction caused by contact between the wall of thecondom and each of the hook-like holding formations 22.

With the hem ring 14 being formed on the outside of the tubular wall ofthe condom, the region of the wall of the condom which is being unrolledfrom the hem ring contacts the convexly-curved condom contacting surfaceof the condom. It will be appreciated that when the hem ring is beingunrolled when the donning the condom, the free end regions 19 of thehook-like holding formations will exert a force on the hem ring 14 in adirection towards the base of the penis. The Applicant has found thatthe shape of the hook-like holding formation and the fact that the hemring 14 is defined on the outside of the tubular wall of the condomminimise, friction between the hem ring and the hook-like holdingformation when the hem ring is unrolled. In this arrangement, theportion of the condom wall which is being unrolled makes contact withthe condom contacting surface of the hook-like holding formation. Incontrast thereto, the Applicant has found that with condoms having thehem ring defined on an inner side of the tubular wall, there is, becauseof the curved shape of the tightly wound hem ring, a relatively smallerarea of contact between the hem ring and the hook-like holding formationthan in the case of the present invention where the unravelling regionof the hem ring 14 contacts the hook-like holding formation over agreater surface area. The reduced contact surface area results inincreased pressure which in turn increases the co-efficient friction offriction between the hem ring and the hook-like holding formation.Furthermore, the Applicant has found that the angular relationshipbetween the hook-like holding formations and the separation axis A ofthe support formation is an optimal one in terms of further reducing theco-efficient friction of friction between the unravelling hem ring 14and the hook-like formations. In particular, at the optimum angle of 45degrees defined between the hook axis H and the separation axis A, thecontact surface area between the hem ring and the hook-like holdingformation will be greatest, thereby preventing high pressure contactareas from forming.

1. A condom donning device for donning a condom on an erect penis, thecondom having a tubular wall having an inner side and an outer side andwhich is rolled up into an elastic hem ring which defines an entranceopening and which is formed on the outside of the tubular wall in aninitial configuration of the condom, the condom donning devicecomprising: first and second condom support formations for defining aninternal space through which an erect penis can extend, the supportformations defining a separation axis and being separable in a directionsubstantially perpendicular to the separation axis, each supportformation defining at least one hook-like holding formation in which thehem ring of the condom can be received in an arrangement wherein thehook-like holding formation extend into the entrance opening of thecondom and are disposed adjacent an inner side of the tubular wallthereof, each hook-like holding formation having a curved profile inwhich the hem ring of the condom can be received and held in anarrangement permitting unrolling of the hem ring of the condom when thesupport formations are displaced along the shaft of the penis forunrolling and donning the condom, in use, each hook-like holdingformation defining a condom contacting surface which contacts the innerside of the tubular wall of the condom and which conforms to the shapeof the hem ring, the condom contacting surface contacting the hem ringin an area where the hem ring extends through an arc, each supportformation defining at least one restraining formation which ispositioned on the support formation to prevent displacement of the hemring of the condom in a direction away from the hook-like formations,thereby to resist removal of the hem ring of the condom from the holdingformation during unrolling of the condom, in use.
 2. A condom donningdevice as claimed in claim 1, wherein each support formation defines apair of discrete, spaced hook-like holding formations.
 3. A condomdonning device as claimed in claim 2, wherein each hook-like holdingformation defines a hook axis extending along a centre line through theholding formation when viewed in plan view, the hook axis extendingperpendicularly with respect to a tangent to the condom contactingsurface, and the hook axis forming an angle of 45 degrees with respectto the separation axis when viewed in plan view.
 4. A condom donningdevice as claimed in claim 1, wherein each condom support formationdefines a body portion defining said hook-like formations and aflap-like handle portion which extends from the body portion and whichcan be held by user for manipulating the body portion when donning acondom.
 5. A condom donning device as claimed in claim 4, wherein eachcondom support formation has a hinge between the body portion and thehandle portion, thereby permitting hinged displacement of the handleportion relative to the body portion.
 6. A condom donning device asclaimed in claim 5, which is of a deformable material and wherein thehinge of each condom support formation is in the form of a narrowingdefined between the body portion and the handle portion, which issufficient to permit bending of the handle portion relative to the bodyportion.
 7. A condom donning device as claimed in claim 1, which isadapted for use with a condom having a teat at an end of the condomremote from the hem ring, the condom donning device including a striphaving two ends, which is connected at its ends to the condom supportformations and which extends between the condom support formations andover a condom held thereon, in use, in an arrangement wherein the teatis kept folded over by the strip so as to prevent the teat from fillingwith air, the strip having a region of weakness which permits it to beruptured when the support formations are separated, in use.
 8. A condomdonning device and package assembly comprising: a condom having atubular wall having an inner side and an outer side and which is rolledup into an elastic hem ring which defines an entrance opening and whichis formed on the outside of the tubular wall in an initial configurationof the condom; a condom donning device for donning the condom on anerect penis, the condom donning device comprising first and secondcondom support formations for defining an internal space through whichan erect penis can extend, the support formations defining a separationaxis and being separable in a direction substantially perpendicular tothe separation axis, each support formation defining at least onehook-like holding formation in which the hem ring of the condom isreceived and held in an arrangement wherein the hook-like holdingformations extend into the entrance opening of the condom and aredisposed adjacent an inner side of the tubular wall thereof, eachhook-like holding formation having a curved profile in which the hemring of the condom is received and held in an arrangement permittingunrolling of the hem ring of the condom when the support formations aredisplaced along the shaft of the penis for unrolling and donning thecondom, in use, each holding formation defining a condom contactingsurface which contacts the inner side of the tubular wall of the condomand which conforms to the shape of the hem ring, the condom contactingsurface contacting the hem ring in an area where the hem ring extendsthrough an arc, each support formation defining at least one restrainingformation which is positioned on the support formation to preventdisplacement of the hem ring of the condom in a direction away from thehook-like formations, thereby to resist removal of the hem ring of thecondom from the holding formations during initial stages of unrolling ofthe condom, in use; and a package in the form of a pouch of packagingfilm in which the condom and at least the hook-like holding formationsand the restraining formations of the support formations are contained,the package including two pouch halves which define a line of weaknessbetween them which is in register with the separation axis along whichthe support formations are separable, in use, the line of weaknesspermitting rupturing of the package along said line of weakness when thesupport formations are separated from one another, in use.
 9. A condomdonning device and package assembly as claimed in claim 8, wherein eachsupport formation of the condom donning device defines a pair ofdiscrete, spaced hook-like holding formations.
 10. A condom donningdevice and package assembly as claimed in claim 9, wherein eachhook-like holding formation defines a hook axis extending along a centreline through the holding formation when viewed in plan view, the hookaxis extending perpendicularly with respect to a tangent to the condomcontacting surface, and the hook axis forming an angle of 45 degreeswith respect to the separation axis when viewed in plan view.
 11. Acondom donning device and package assembly as claimed in claim 8, whichis adapted for use with a condom having a teat at an end of the condomremote from the hem ring, the condom donning device including a striphaving two ends, which is connected at its ends to the condom supportformations and which extends between the condom support formations andover a condom held thereon, in use, in an arrangement wherein the teatis kept folded over by the strip so as to prevent the teat from fillingwith air, the strip having a region of weakness which permits it to beruptured when the support formations are separated, in use.
 12. A condomdonning device and package assembly as claimed in claim 8, wherein eachcondom support formation of the condom donning device defines a bodyportion defining said hook-like formations and a flap-like handleportion which extends from the body portion and which can be held by auser for manipulating the body portions when donning a condom.
 13. Acondom donning device and package assembly as claimed in claim 12,wherein each condom support formation has a hinge between the bodyportion and the handle portion, thereby permitting hinged displacementof the handle portion relative to the body portion.
 14. A condom donningdevice and package assembly as claimed in claim 13, which is of adeformable material and wherein the hinge of each condom supportformation is in the form of a narrowing disposed between the bodyportion and the handle portion, which is sufficient to permit bending ofthe handle portion relative to the body portion.
 15. A condom donningdevice and package assembly as claimed in claim 12, wherein thepackaging film is hermetically sealed to the body portions of thesupport formations thereby forming a hermetically sealed enclosuresurrounding the hook-like holding formations, the condom and therestraining formations, with the handle portions of the supportformations extending externally of the packaging film where the handleformations can be manipulated, in use.
 16. A condom donning device andpackage assembly as claimed in claim 12, wherein the packaging filmtautly spans the body portions of the support formations, with operativeinner ends of the body portions contacting one another along saidseparation axis in an arrangement wherein the body portions can belevered with respect to one another via the inner ends therebydisplacing the inner ends operatively upwardly or downwardly, viamanipulation of the handle portions, to so as to exert a force on aninner side of the packaging film sufficient to rupture said line ofweakness of the packaging film.